Beer

Australian scientists say they have developed the world's first WHO-approved "gluten-free" barley, a breakthrough for global beer manufacturers which have had to use alternatives to barley such as rice and sorghum to brew gluten-free beer.

Anheuser Busch Inbev SA has been sued by a U.S. beer drinker who claimed he was duped into believing its Leffe brand beer was brewed in a Belgian abbey, rather than mass produced in an automated factory that also makes Stella Artois.

The proposed consolidation of the world's biggest beer companies in recent weeks has given rise to concerns that it could be harder for Canada's small brewers to sell their brands in your local watering hole.

If there is ever a time to make a toast with beer, it’s during Oktoberfest. And while toasting and drinking beer is fun, we thought we’d give you something to do with that very last drop in the glass. Helpling.com, a site that connect home cleaners with home owners had these clever tips for using beer around the house - if you’ve had enough of drin

As the sun shines hotter, brewers are mixing orange, lemon, grape or even passion fruit juice with lagers or wheat beers to give drinkers a taste of the “radlermass,” meaning “cyclist’s litre” in German.

When André Trudel and Isaac Tremblay started thinking about opening a brewpub in their hometown of Shawinigan, Quebec, 15 years ago, they knew the place needed it. The city had gone from a postwar, thriving industrial heartland, to a depressed, post-industrial rust belt.

These days, it isn’t easy being gluten. Health Canada estimates one in every 100 hundred Canadians suffers from Celiac disease — many of them undiagnosed. While many more of us are cutting out gluten to beat the bloat, encouraged by trim gluten-free celebs, from Russell Crowe to Gwyneth Paltrow, and pseudoscience times like Wheat Belly.

March is the month for madness. Over the coming weeks, the top men and women’s basketball teams across the continent will battle in the name of hoops supremacy. But we thought we’d turn our attention to determining a champion that all Canadians care about.